溞

溞 U+6E9E, 溞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E9E ← 溝 [U+6E9D] CJK Unified Ideographs 溟 → [U+6E9F]

Translingual

Han character

溞 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水水戈戈 (EEII), four-corner 3713₆, composition ⿰氵蚤)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 639, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17945
• Dae Jaweon: page 1046, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1711, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6E9E

Chinese

trad.		溞
simp. #		溞

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (蚤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蚤	*ʔsuːʔ
慅	*sʰuːʔ, *suː
騷	*suː
搔	*suː
鰠	*suː
溞	*suː
颾	*suː
瘙	*suːs
瑵	*ʔsruːʔ
糔	*suʔ
鼜	*sʰɯːwɢ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sāo (sao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sao
    • Wade–Giles: sao¹
    • Yale: sāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sau
    • Palladius: сао (sao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sou¹
    • Yale: sōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: saw

Rime
Character	溞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇遭切
Baxter	saw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/saw/
Li Rong	/sɑu/
Wang Li	/sɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sou1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*suː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	溞
Reading #	1/1
No.	16557
Phonetic component	蚤
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	騷
Old Chinese	/*suː/
Notes	見爾雅

Definitions

溞

1. used in 溞溞 (“sound of rinsing rice”)
2. to wash

Synonyms

• (to wash) 洗 (xǐ)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sauhⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sauhⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: saunnh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svauq
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sãuʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sãuʔ⁵/

Definitions

溞

1. (Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) having an unpleasant taste when eating due to high moisture content (of radishes, sweet potatoes, taro, etc.)
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) crunchy and juicy (of food)

Synonyms

• (having an unpleasant taste): (Hokkien) 澩／泶, 溞水

Compounds

• 溞水

Vietnamese

Han character

溞: Hán Nôm readings: tao

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References

• Nom Foundation